Dumping-wagon



(No Model.)

H. HILD.

DUMPING WAGON.

No. 30 ,922. Patented 0st. 21, 1884.

WITNESSES INVENTOR BY 54mg? ATTORNEYS.

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UNETE STATES ATENT FFICE DUMPING-WAGON.

.EEPECIFICATEGN forming part of Letters Patent No. 306,922, datedOctober 21, 1884-.

Application filed February 21. 1884. (No model.)

.or to return the parts of the wagon to their normal position after dumping; and it consists in the construction and combination of parts forming a dumping-wagon, hereinafter described and claimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 is a plan view; and Fig. 2 is alongitudinal vertical section, part in elevation, showing my invention. i v

A represents the box of the wagon, consisting of vertical sides and end-boards well framed together. This box is secured by its hind boardfirmly to a beam, B, which is provided with asupporting-post, b, that enters a slot in and is supported on the tongue 0.

The bottom D of the wagon-body consists of a series of cross-boards beveled at their edges and secured together at their lower edges by iron hinges or by links forming two or more chains. The rear slat is secured to the box A.

E represents two or more series of rollers journaled in the wagon-frame F, which is mounted rigidly 0n the axle f of the fore wheels and on the tongue 0, which is rigidly framed at its forward end into the axlef of the fore wheels, (I, and is supported at its rear end on a rudder or guide-wheel G. A series of rollers, E, consists of two or more rows of rollers, one roller being directly behind the other on one row, and the rollers of one row extending their axes across between the rollers of the other row. Thus the rollers are so journaled that each board or slat of the wagon-bottom rests at each end 011 two rollers, and the body may be slid endwise on these rollers. A similar series of rollers is c, which connect the forward slatwith the rear slat, forming a complete belt.

The wagon is drawn by horses hitched to the post I) of beam B by means of the doubletree N and whiflletree a.

To dhmp the wagon, the hook O is raised, the horses are driven ahead, pushing the beam B, and with it the wagon-box, the slats of the bottom being drawn under the axle by the chains 0. Thus the contents of the wagon will be dumped as the slats of the bottom pass over roller 0. The post I) of beam B has a cap on its lower end sliding beneath the tongue 0, to prevent the beam from being tipped up by the bodybox when extended overthe forward end of the frame. The hook O secures post I) to the pole 0, whereby the wagon may be pushed by the team, instead of sliding the body ahead. The whiffletrecs are reversibly attached to the double-tree.

, The wagon-wheels d are provided with a brake, 71 which is operated by the driver, who occupies the platform H, by means of a footvlever, i, and connectingrod j. The rearwheel,

G, is journaled in a vertical revolving post, K, which is provided witha lever, g, by which the driver may use said wheels as a rudder to guide the wagon as he pleases, thus in some measure forcing the team to go as desired.

As the wagon-bottom runs on rollers, and is hauled to and fro by the team, and as each slat of the bottom dumps its load on arriving at the end of the wagon, a load or any portion thereof of very heavy materialsuch as earth, stones, ore, coal, 8tc.may be dumped at the desired spot and all parts returned to their normal position with ease both to the driver and team.

The short vertical stakes Z beside the body are provided with rollers to allow the body to pass them easily.

Having thus described my l11\6l1l3l61l,\l'l1 lli I claim, and wish to secure by Letters Patent, 15-

1. The combination, with the body A, havinga bottom composed of hinged oxrossboards l), of the supporting-frame F, and two rows of wheels, E, journaled at each edge of the said frame, the journals of one row passing between the wheels of the other, and the wheels overlapping each other, as shown and described.

2. The combination, with the box, .A, the hinged slat bottom 1), secured to said box at the rear end thereof, the beam ll, and post I), secured thereto, in combination with the frame 11, the rollers e and a, the axlef, and the Yertieally-slotted pole C, as shown and described.

3. The combination, with the wagon-body described, having the beam. B and post 5, and the frame lraving the slot-ted pole (I, oi a double-tree, N, secured to post 0, and means of securing the horses thereto, as shown and described.

4'. The combination, with a wagon having h a pole, of a platform on the rear end of the pole to carry a driver, a wheeljonrnaled in a post supporting saidrear end of the pole, and a handle on said post, substantially as de seribed,whereby the driver supported on said platlorm may turn said wheel to guide the wagon, as specified.

5. The combination, with the pole (7, the beam 13, and post I) sliding thereon, and the team-eonneeth ns for llltlllll'lg the beam 13 both ways, of the hook O,detaehably securingsaid beam and pole together, as shown and described.

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